Chapter 1 of Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. is here in full — 266 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. is here in full — 266 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I never thought o' such a thing. I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly. Anybody that ses I did is a liar. Why should I? Where does the sense come in?
Chapter 1 of Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. is here in full — 266 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 9/53 · 5 reading units · Lines 41–45
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any person at all
From this reading “Anybody that ses I did is a liar.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly.”
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading “Anybody that ses I did is a liar.”
a member of a police force
From this reading “I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly.”
a general conscious awareness
From this reading “Where does the sense come in?”
a special situation
From this reading “I never thought o' such a thing.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I never thought o' such a thing.”
touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
From this reading “I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I never thought o' such a thing.
any person at all
From this reading Anybody that ses I did is a liar.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Where does the sense come in?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Anybody that ses I did is a liar.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where does the sense come in?
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I never thought o' such a thing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Where does the sense come in?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Anybody that ses I did is a liar.
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading Anybody that ses I did is a liar.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I never thought o' such a thing.
not any; not one
From this reading I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading I never thought o' such a thing.
a member of a police force
From this reading I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Where does the sense come in?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anybody that ses I did is a liar.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should I?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I never thought o' such a thing.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Anybody that ses I did is a liar.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Where does the sense come in?
a special situation
From this reading I never thought o' such a thing.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I never thought o' such a thing.
touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
From this reading I'd no more tickle a policeman than I'd fly.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where does the sense come in?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why should I?
Chapter 1 of Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs holds 266 sentences, grouped into 54 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 266 sentences of Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4., unabridged, divided into 54 reading sections.
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